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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG)

UTMC offers the most up to date cardiac surgical technology to address patients with
significant blockages in their coronary vessels. These include traditional bypass
surgery, bypass surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass (off pump surgery or beating
heart surgery) as well as “hybrid” procedures in which the patient undergoes a robotic
bypass procedure along with a stent implantation to combine the benefits of a surgical
and catheter based approach to optimize the long term durability of the procedure.
Surgeons at UTMC relay on maximizing the use of arterial grafts in patients undergoing
CABG which have been shown to decrease the risk of future complications and extending
patients life expectancy. Despite the emerging evidence that arteries should be used
to treat blockages in coronary arteries, less than 10% of patients nationwide receive
more than one arterial bypass as opposed to 70% at UTMC.